Joe Wilson

A House bill that would have replaced Obamacare bitterly divided the Republican caucus and inspired thousands of angry calls from constituents. But Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told a health care industry audience Wednesday that repeal-and-replace isn't dead yet.

"It remains a political imperative," he said, because core Republican voters hate the law. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, said the law's passage led to a Republican majority in the House in 2010, because Republican voters were so mobilized against it.

A number of Republican members of Congress have said Republicans and Democrats should work together on an Obamacare replacement, and Murphy said they're...

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